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September 22
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 22.
[edit] Events
- 1911 - Cy Young, at age 44, beats the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 - 0, for his 511th and final major league victory.
- 1912 - At Sportsman's Park against the Browns, Eddie Collins becomes the only player in major league history to steal six bases in one game for a second time. The Philadelphia Athletics' second baseman's feat of thievery has yet to be surpassed. It will be 79 years until another major leaguer, Otis Nixon, even ties Collins' mark.
- 1925 - Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodgers pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.
- 1936 - The Detroit Tigers sweep the St. Louis Browns, 12 - 0 and 14 - 0, to record the biggest double shutout in major league history.
- 1954 - Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers becomes the first pitcher to strike out 15 in his major league debut as the Dodgers beat the New York Giants, 3 - 0.
- 1966 - The Baltimore Orioles clinch their first American League pennant in 22 years with a 6 - 1 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Their last pennant came in 1944, when they were the St. Louis Browns.
- 1968 - Cesar Tovar plays one inning at each position for the Minnesota Twins, becoming only the second major leaguer in history to do it. Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics was the first, earlier this season.
- 1969 - Willie Mays hits the 600th home run of his career. The historic homer off Mike Corkins of the Padres proves to be the game-winner in a 4 - 2 Giants victory at San Diego Stadium.
- 1977 - Bert Blyleven tosses a 6 - 0 no-hitter for the Texas Rangers against the Angels at Anaheim Stadium.
- 1986:
- Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the second Mexican pitcher to win 20 games in the majors, beating the Houston Astros, 9 - 2, while allowing just two hits. Teddy Higuera had become the first only days earlier.
- The New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 2, at Shea Stadium. The Mets' Wally Backman, on his 27th birthday, hits his only home run of the season.
- 1987 - Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox reaches the 200 hit mark for the fifth straight season in an 8 - 5 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
- 1990 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs steals his 300th base in an 11 - 5 loss to the New York Mets, becoming only the second player in major league history with 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits. Willie Mays was the other.
- 1993:
- Pitcher Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers faces just three Seattle batters before hurting his right elbow in what turns out to be the last appearance of his career. Ryan finishes with 324 wins, 5,714 strikeouts and seven no-hitters.
- The Colorado Rockies play their final home game of their inaugural season and finish with a major league home attendance record. The Rockies played before 4,483,350 fans at Mile High Stadium this year.
- 2000 - Jose Lima of the Houston Astros sets a National League single-season record by allowing his 47th home run in the Astros' 12 - 5 loss to Cincinnati. The major league record for home runs allowed in a season is 50, set by Minnesota's Bert Blyleven in 1986.
- 2003:
- Detroit sets an American League record with its 118th loss, falling 12 - 6 to Kansas City. The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117) had held the record.
- Second baseman Alfonso Soriano breaks a major league season record by hitting his 13th leadoff home run of the year in the New York Yankees' 10-inning loss to the Chicago White Sox.
- 2004 - Raúl Ibañez of the Seattle Mariners ties an American League record with six hits in Seattle's 16 - 6 victory over the Anaheim Angels.
- 2008 - The Mets fall to one game up in the wild card race, losing 9 - 5 to the Cubs. Chicago clinches home field advantage for the playoffs. Pitcher Jason Marquis hits a grand slam and drives in 5 in the win. It is the second grand slam by a pitcher off New York hurlers this year, the first team since the 1977 Cubs to allow two such slams. Jon Niese takes his first major league loss.
- 2009:
- The Yankees are the first team to clinch a playoff spot after a 6 - 5 win over the Angels. Alex Rodriguez drives in Brett Gardner on a sacrifice fly in the 9th; he has a homer and 3 RBI in the game. Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless 9th inning for the save.
- Mark Reynolds of the Diamondbacks strikes out 3 times against the Giants to reach 206 for the year, breaking his own record of 204 set last season. Arizona still wins, 10 - 8, thanks to 9 runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings.
- 2011:
- Matt Moore strikes out 11 in 5 innings in his first major league start as the Rays beat the Yankees, 15 - 8. The wins prevents a four-game sweep and moves the Rays back within two games of Boston in the wild card race. Having clinched the AL East title the previous day, the Yankees use a line-up full of youngsters and trail 13 - 0 after 5 innings as Moore earns his first major league win.
- The Cardinals blow a 6 - 2 9th-inning lead in losing to the Mets, 8 - 6. SS Rafael Furcal misplays a potential double play grounder to start New York's 6-run outburst. Jason Motte walks three batters - who all score - and Marc Rzepczynski is charged with the loss. The loss is only St. Louis's third over their last 16 games and they are 2 games back of Atlanta in the National League wild card race.
- T&A San Marino wins the 2011 European Cup, less than two weeks after taking the 2011 Italian Series. In the European Cup finale, they rout Parma, 7 - 1, behind a complete game from Brazilian Tiago Da Silva, two homers from veteran Jairo Ramos Gizzi and a grand slam by catcher and MVP Mattia Reginato. In the game to determine third place, Unipol Bologna rallies from a 9 - 4 deficit to beat the Amsterdam Pirates, 10 - 9. Juan Carlos Infante drives in the winner in the bottom of the 9th.
- 2012:
- With their sixth straight win, 8 - 4 over the Padres, the Giants clinch the NL West title. They have won 18 of their last 24 games to turn what was a close race with the Dodgers into a blowout. Madison Bumgarner picks up his 16th win.
- The Yankees and Orioles both win in extra innings as they remain separated by one game in their epic race for the AL East crown. New York trails Oakland, 9 - 5, going into the bottom of the 13th after three A's homers, but the Yankees manage to tie the game and win, 10 - 9, on a 14th-inning run. For its part, Baltimore scores three times in the 13th to beat Boston, 9 - 6, for the team's 16th consecutive extra-innings win.
- Canada uses its bats to pound home team Germany, 16- 7, and reach the finals of its pool in the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Regensburg. Germany will now play Great Britain, after the Brits' 12 - 5 win over the Czech Republic eliminates the Bohemians. In the other pool in Jupiter, FL, South Africa scores three runs in the 11th inning to eliminate France, 5 - 2, in the completion of a game suspended by rain after 9 innings yesterday. The South Africans then face Spain, but lose, 13 - 3, also bowing out of the tournament.
[edit] Births
- 1856 - Jake Evans, outfielder/pitcher (d. 1907)
- 1862 - Bob Keating, pitcher (d. 1922)
- 1867 - Charlie Dewald, pitcher (d. 1904)
- 1867 - Bill Joyce, infielder, manager (d. 1941)
- 1869 - Harry Stein, catcher (d. 1927)
- 1869 - Dummy Stephenson, outfielder (d. 1924)
- 1870 - Doc Powers, catcher (d. 1909)
- 1875 - Doc Marshall, catcher (d. 1959)
- 1878 - Jack Himes, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1879 - Bert Conn, pitcher/infielder (d. 1944)
- 1880 - Jack Flater, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1880 - Ed Pinnance, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Carl Sitton, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1884 - Jack Cameron, outfielder (d. 1963)
- 1884 - Grover Land, catcher (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Walter Lonergan, infielder (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Fred Stem, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1889 - Hooks Dauss, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1890 - Denney Wilie, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Ira Flagstead, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1893 - Pat French, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1894 - Frank Walker, outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Austin McHenry, outfielder (d. 1922)
- 1900 - Bud Heine, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1902 - Ollie Marquardt, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1903 - Chuck Hostetler, outfielder (d. 1971)
- 1905 - Larry Bettencourt, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1907 - Pie Vann, college coach (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Jim Holloway, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1915 - Reese Diggs, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1917 - Anse Moore, outfielder (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Larry Eschen, infielder
- 1920 - Bob Lemon, pitcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2000)
- 1923 - Tom Wright, outfielder
- 1925 - Daniel Beck, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer
- 1928 - Alex Cosmidis, scout
- 1928 - Burdette Thurlby, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Harry Bright, infielder (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Bob Harrison, pitcher
- 1931 - Ken Aspromonte, infielder, manager
- 1934 - Lou Johnson, outfielder
- 1936 - Doug Camilli, catcher
- 1939 - Stover McIlwain, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1944 - Jim Fairey, outfielder
- 1946 - Larry Dierker, pitcher, manager; All-Star
- 1947 - Kenichi Yazawa, NPB outfielder
- 1951 - Alvin McGrew, minor league outfielder
- 1952 - Dell Alston, outfielder
- 1954 - Hal Dues, pitcher
- 1955 - Jeffrey Leonard, outfielder; All-Star
- 1956 - Hiromichi Ishige, NPB infielder and manager
- 1958 - Dave Sax, catcher
- 1959 - Wally Backman, infielder
- 1959 - Lee Graham, outfielder
- 1959 - John Stefero, catcher
- 1961 - Vince Coleman, outfielder; All-Star
- 1961 - Bob Geren, catcher
- 1962 - Mark Berry, coach
- 1962 - Ray Stephens, catcher
- 1963 - Jaime Moreno, minor league catcher and manager
- 1963 - Jeff Peterek, pitcher
- 1965 - Mark Guthrie, pitcher
- 1967 - John Briscoe, pitcher
- 1967 - P.J. Forbes, infielder
- 1967 - Matt Howard, infielder
- 1967 - Doug Lindsey, catcher
- 1967 - Mike Malley, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Jeff Barry, outfielder
- 1969 - Cesar Devarez, catcher
- 1969 - Julian Heredia, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Jeff Clarke, minor league infielder
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, catcher
- 1971 - Vince Moore, minor league outfielder
- 1972 - Jeff Isom, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1973 - Myong-ju Cha, KBO pitcher
- 1975 - Luis Garcia, outfielder
- 1975 - Danny Klassen, infielder
- 1979 - Charlton Jimerson, outfielder
- 1980 - Joseph Orillana, Philippines national team infielder
- 1981 - Munkhsaikhan Chultem, Mongolian national team catcher
- 1981 - Alexei Ramírez, outfielder
- 1981 - Tetsuto Tomabechi, NPB pitcher
- 1982 - Mario Matulich, minor league player
- 1982 - Nick Pereira, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Che-Yi Su, CPBL pitcher
- 1985 - Brian Juhl, minor league player
- 1986 - Mattia Campanini, Italian Baseball League infielder
- 1986 - Jose Jimenez, minor league player
- 1986 - Hyun-joon Park, KBO pitcher
- 1986 - Chris Schwinden, pitcher
- 1988 - Doug Anglin, Irish national team infielder
- 1988 - Jae-hwan Kim, KBO catcher
- 1993 - Lars Huijer, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Carlos Correa, minor league infielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1886 - Tom Oran, outfielder (b. 1847)
- 1906 - George Davies, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1919 - Harry Sullivan, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1925 - Dave Beatle, catcher/outfielder (b. 1864)
- 1926 - Tom Johnson, Negro League pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1929 - Elton Chamberlain, pitcher (b. 1867)
- 1932 - Hughie Hearne, catcher (b. 1873)
- 1933 - George Fields, infielder (b. 1853)
- 1934 - Tom Messitt, catcher (b. 1874)
- 1942 - Wiley Davis, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1943 - Larry Hesterfer, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1949 - Matty Fitzgerald, catcher (b. 1880)
- 1955 - Louis Drucke, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1956 - Jesse Tannehill, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1960 - Joe Bernard, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1964 - Red Torkelson, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1980 - Tommy Neill, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1992 - Tony Hinkle, college coach (b. 1899)
- 1992 - Aurelio Lopez, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1948)
- 1997 - Eddie Sawyer, manager (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Bill Williams, umpire (b. 1930)
- 2000 - Bill Sommers, infielder (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Don Carlsen, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Cy Block, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Monty Basgall, infielder (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Mike Ulisney, catcher (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Bill Harman, pitcher/catcher (b. 1919)
- 2009 - Jim Sieval, Hoofdklasse infielder (b. 1952)
- 2010 - Bob Shaw, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1933)
